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- This invention generally relates to a method and apparatus for producing optical watermarks on printed and electronic documents.
- the structure of a watermark is a repetitive pattern with the simplest and most basic as a two-dimensional (“2-D”) dot array.
- the complexity of the dot pattern structure determines the security level.
- Embedding a latent image object into a watermark is implemented by the modulation on the dot pattern with the latent image object.
- Observing the latent image using a decoder is a process of demodulation.
- the decoder is also a structured pattern, which corresponds to a particular dot pattern. It is implemented as an optical instrument, such as gratings, lenses, Ronchi Rulings, special films, or even a photocopier.
- U.S. Pat. No. 5,915,027 relates to digital watermarking of data, including image, video and audio data, which is performed by repeatedly inserting the watermark into subregions or subimages of the data. Similarly, the watermark is repeatedly extracted from the subregions of the data.
- This method is in a single layer and is not suitable to a text-based document or a document printed on paper.
- U.S. Pat. No. 4,921,278 has an identification system using a computer generated Moire, and is based on a computer generated random pattern of broken lines. The overlap of the object grid and the reference grid will induce the moire effect. This method is in a single layer, is rather simple, and does not provide enough protection, such as counterfeit indication.
- U.S. Pat. No. 5,734,752 is a method for generating watermarks in a digitally reproducible document which are substantially invisible when viewed. It uses stochastic screen patterns suitable for reproducing a gray image on a document, and another stochastic screen to correlate the first in order to view the content. This is quite similar to U.S. Pat. No. 4,921,278, except that it uses stochastic screen patterns to represent the gray images.
- the present invention provides a method and apparatus to protect documents from counterfeit and forgery. It embeds multiple latent image objects into layers of repetitive structures to generate a watermark. The watermark is then incorporated into a document as for example, a seal, logo or background. This may be referred to as an optical watermark.
- An optical watermark has one or several watermark layers.
- One or two latent image objects are embedded into each watermark layer.
- Each watermark layer has different structure, as well as a corresponding decoder to observe the latent image object embedded in it.
- the latent image object embedded in a watermark layer can not be observed by the unaided human eye unless a decoder corresponding to that watermark layer's structure is overlapped onto the watermark.
- a decoder for one watermark layer will not reveal latent image objects in other watermark layers due to the difference in their structure.
- decoders can be considered as keys to the secrets, and the secrets are the latent image objects embedded in the watermark.
- an optical watermark may appear as the logo of a company on a document issued by that company.
- the first layer may be a cancellation word, such as “COPY”, and the verification device is the photocopier.
- the cancellation word “COPY” appears if the printed original document is photocopied.
- the latent image object in the second layer may be a logo of the company, and the verification device is a specially designed lens with gratings defined by periodical functions.
- the lens can be given to the related organisations to verify the originality of the document.
- the third layer may be embedded with a logo of a trusted third party.
- the verification device is also a lens, but the structure is random dot pattern, which is more secure than the other layers.
- FIG. 1 shows a layered structure of an optical watermark
- FIG. 2 is an illustration of embedding latent image objects into a basic watermark layer
- FIG. 3 is a demodulation result of letters “I” and “C”;
- FIG. 4 shows the structure of the optical watermark
- FIG. 5 shows a watermark with a random dot pattern
- FIG. 6 shows a counterfeit-proof watermark layer with a letter “P” embedded
- FIG. 7 is an electronic application
- FIG. 8 is an electronic service model.
- the optical watermark in this invention has a multiple layered structure as shown in FIG. 1. Watermark layers are superposed on each other to provide multiple layers and categories of protection. This superposition of several layers means that it is very difficult, if not impossible, to derive the parameters of the structure and the hidden information from the optical watermark alone.
- Each watermark layer is a repetitive structured array of dots.
- Latent image objects are embedded into the watermark layer by modulation. This may include, for example, phase modulation.
- the structure and orientation of the different watermark layers in an optical watermark must be different from each other. Only the decoder corresponding to a particular watermark layer can be used to view the latent image object embedded in that particular watermark layer.
- the basic watermark layer is a 2-D dot array, varying in two orthogonal directions.
- phase modulation can be applied to both directions. As shown in FIG. 2, part 205 is the phase modulation in the horizontal direction to embed a letter “T”, while part 206 shows the phase modulation in the vertical direction to embed a letter “C”.
- the phase modulation changes the distances between a pair of dots at the edge of the latent images in the direction of the phase modulation. According to the characteristics of the human visual system, such changes of distances will make the edge of the latent image become either lighter or darker than the overall grey level of the dot array. Such effect will reveal the shape of the latent images.
- a “smoothing” process may be applied to the regions with an abrupt phase shift. For example, in FIG. 2, along regions indicated as 201 and 202 , the distance between a pair of dots was greater than the spatial repetitive period of the dot array. Therefore, a dot is added, together with distance adjustment, to make the edge a little darker. Patterns 201 and 202 are the results after compensation.
- Patterns 203 and 204 are the result of this type of adjustment.
- the decoder should have a grating structure with the same spatial frequency as the dot arrays.
- the orientation of the decoder should be aligned in the same direction.
- FIG. 3( 01 ) and FIG. 3( 02 ) show the demodulation result of FIG. 2. The detailed mathematical analysis is in accordance with a Fourier Series Expansion.
- dot arrays are selected as the carrier dot patterns to embed latent image objects. Because dot arrays can be considered as 2-D signals, which vary in two orthogonal directions, two latent image objects can be modulated to one dot pattern in two directions with phase modulation. For the sake of simplicity, the dot arrays discussed here have the same spatial repetitive frequency in both directions. In an actual optical watermark, the frequencies in the two directions may be different.
- a Fourier series expansion is employed to analyse the modulation and demodulation. Let us denote basic dot pattern as ⁇ [0,1] ⁇ 0 (x,y), where and the value 0 represents black, and 1 represents white. The superposition of line gratings can be represented with the product of functions. This multiplicative model enables analysis with a Fourier series expansion.
- the phase-shifted dot array can be represented as ⁇ 1 (x,y) and ⁇ 2 (x,y), each corresponding to a modulation direction.
- ⁇ n - ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ( y - nT ) ( 2 )
- Two latent image objects to be modulated can be represented as g 1 (x,y) and g 2 (x,y). Their valid values can only be either 0 or 1. So the watermarked dot array can be represented as
- the angle ⁇ is the angle between the orientation of ⁇ d (x,y) and the direction of y-axis.
- c 1 ⁇ ( 1 , - 1 ) cos ⁇ 2 ⁇ ⁇ T ⁇ [ ( 1 - cos ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ) ⁇ x + y ⁇ ⁇ sin ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ] ( 15 )
- c 2 ⁇ ( 1 , 1 ) cos ⁇ 2 ⁇ ⁇ T ⁇ [ x ⁇ ⁇ cos ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ + ( 1 - sin ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ) ⁇ y ] ( 16 )
- the mathematical derivation shows that with phase modulation two latent image objects can be modulated to the basic dot pattern. Because of the relatively high frequency of the dot array and the compensation methods applied on the edge, the latent image objects will not be observed by unaided eyes. In order to view the latent image objects, the frequency of the decoder should be the same as the frequency of the basic carrier dot pattern along that direction, and the orientation of the decoder should be aligned to the same direction in which the latent image object is modulated.
- the human visual system has the highest contrast sensitivity in the mid spatial frequency range, around 2-6 c/deg.
- the sensitivity has a sharp drop at high spatial frequencies.
- the human eye is sensitive to relative phase, which is the shift or displacement between spatial signals at same frequency.
- the threshold phase is represented by the displacement of about 0.85′ arc.
- the threshold of relative phase is about 5°. A human observer will not be able to observe the relative phase, which is less than this threshold. So for high frequency signals, the displacement will not be easily observed by unaided eyes.
- the latent image object in each watermark layer is encoded with relatively high repetitive frequency dot patterns with phase modulation.
- the displacement is not significant to the human visual system because the relative phase difference is lower than, or similar to, the threshold at that relative high frequency, which is selected for the optical watermark. So the latent image objects will not be observed without proper decoders.
- the frequencies of dot arrays along two directions can be different, and the dot arrays may take any orientation.
- the watermark layer is denoted as L( ⁇ u , ⁇ v , ⁇ ,g u , g v ), where ⁇ y and ⁇ v are the frequencies of dot array in two directions ⁇ right arrow over (u) ⁇ and ⁇ right arrow over (v) ⁇ , respectively, and ⁇ is the angle between ⁇ right arrow over (u) ⁇ and ⁇ right arrow over (x) ⁇ (horizontal axis), the functions g u and g v , whose value can only be 1 or 0, represent the latent image objects in this layer.
- each latent image object in this type of watermark layer There are two parameters for each latent image object in this type of watermark layer: one is the modulation frequency and the other is the modulation orientation.
- the parameters for the latent image g u are ⁇ u and ⁇ right arrow over (u) ⁇ . While the parameters for the latent image g v are ⁇ v and ⁇ right arrow over (v) ⁇ . Only a decoder with the corresponding frequency can make a particular latent image visible when it's rotated to the corresponding direction. So the keys to the secrets in this type of watermark layer are the modulation frequency and the modulation orientation.
- FIG. 401 shows the coordinates of one watermark layer, with reference to a x-y co-ordinate.
- FIG. 402, 403 and 404 are three watermark layers, and
- FIG. 405 is their superposition result.
- the optical watermark is the superposition of several watermark layers.
- the orientation difference ⁇ ij should be large enough, for example ⁇ ij ⁇ 60°, or in some cases ⁇ ij ⁇ 45°.
- ⁇ u,i ⁇ v,j
- FIG. 4( 05 ) shows an sample of the optical watermark, which is the superposition of FIG. 4( 02 ), FIG. 4( 03 ) and FIG. 4( 04 ).
- the frequency and the orientation of the decoder are the keys to decode the latent image objects. Only when the frequency of the decoder matches the modulation frequency and orientation of a particular latent image object, will the latent image object appear in the superposition.
- basic 2-D dot arrays can be generalized to any 2-D pattern, by coordinate mapping and superposition.
- mapping functions are applied to the basic watermark layer. These mapping functions can be represented as
- the parameters of a latent image object are the modulation frequency of the latent image object in the (u,v) coordinate space, the modulation orientation of the latent image object in the (u,v) coordinate space, and the mapping functions m x (u,v) and m y (u,v).
- the sine function as the mapping function.
- the corresponding decoder is d′(x,y) in eq. (28) but not d 0 (x,y) in eq. (27).
- equation (28) that the key space is expanded by two factors: one is the sine function, and the other is the period of the sine function.
- FIG. 501, 502 and 503 are simple watermark layers with/without phase modulation. It is relatively simple to derive parameters from them.
- FIG. 504,505 and 506 are watermark layers with random dot patterns. It is very complex, and virtually impossible, to recover latent image object information without decoders.
- the key space of the decoder used to view the embedded latent image object is an indication of the security a watermark method or apparatus may have.
- the key space is very small for the prior art patents listed earlier. It is possible to find the key space with careful analysis or brute force attack from an expert in the area.
- FIG. 501, 502 and 503 show regular patterns with andwithout phase modulation. From the view point of cryptography, the problem of these watermark layers is that the space of the keys is too small. It is obvious that one can easily derive the key parametter by observing the watermark.
- the key space can be expanded by two factors.
- the watermark layer can be further generalised as a random pattern in a 2-D space.
- the amount of information of the latent image object can reach its maximum when it is randomly distributed.
- the randomly distributed information is divided into two parts: the watermark layer is generated based on one part, while the decoder is generated based on the other part.
- both of the watermark layer and the decoder hold the information about the latent image object.
- the latent image is recoverable only when both the watermark layer and the decoder are presented.
- Two functions g w (x,y) and g d (x,y) can be generated based on the latent image object g(x,y) and a random function r(x,y), which will return either 0 or 1 at random.
- the function g w (x,y) is then encoded into the girds of the watermark layer with phase modulation, while the function g d (X, y) is also encoded into the line gratings of the decoder with phase modulation. Note that the value of g w (x,y), g d (x, y) and g(x, y) can only be either 1 or 0.
- FIGS. 504, 505 and 506 are examples of the random pattern watermark layers corresponding to FIG. 501, FIG. 502 and FIG. 503.
- the dot pattern of a watermark layer can be the result of a set of operations on one, or a set of basic, and other types of dot patterns.
- the counterfeit-proof layer is an example.
- the counterfeit-proof layer is a special watermark layer where a photocopier is the decoder to the latent image object.
- the dot pattern in the counterfeit-proof watermark layer is based on the superposition of the basic dot arrays.
- the latent image object in this layer which can be some cancelation words such as “COPY”, can be represented as a function g c (x,y). The value of this function can only be 0 or 1. Then this layer can be represented as a function w c (x,y).
- the functions ⁇ a (x,y) and ⁇ b (x,y) represent two sets of basic dot arrays.
- the repetitive period T a of ⁇ a (x,y) is slightly larger then the period T b of ⁇ b (x,y).
- the A in eq. (33) represents a small displacement.
- FIG. 601 is a sample of such a counterfeit-proof layer.
- FIG. 602 is a enlarged view of the overlapped dot arrays which are represented by ⁇ a (x,y) ⁇ a (x+ ⁇ ,y+ ⁇ ). Each dot in the dot array ⁇ a (x,y) will adjoin to a dot in the other dot array ⁇ a (x+ ⁇ ,y+ ⁇ ) because ⁇ is a small enough displacement.
- FIG. 603 is an enlarged view of the overlapped dot arrays which are represented with f b ⁇ ( x , y ) ⁇ f b ⁇ ( x + T b 2 , y + T b 2 ) .
- the dot size in this counterfeit-proof layer should be carefully chosen. It should be smaller than the size of the dot that a photocopier can sample.
- a preferred dot size is 1 600
- FIG. 6 illustrates the post-processing for superposition of a counterfeitproof layer with other watermark layers.
- FIG. 605 is the superposition result
- FIG. 606 is the photocopying result of FIG. 605.As shown in FIG. 604, when a dot 613 of the watermark layer is superposed onto the counterfeit-proof layer, all other dots with a area indicated by the dash line box should be removed.
- FIG. 605 is a enlarged view of the superposition
- FIG. 606 shows the result after photocopying.
- the latent image object “P” appears clearly.
- optical watermark in document delivery, ardival and authentication can be applied to an electronic document.
- the optical watermark added to the document can be viewed as a seal to provide authenticity to the document.
- the visual apperance of the optical watermark can be disigned as a logo or seal of the authority to provide immediate trust.
- the embedded information can be the name, signature and logo of the authority, or some number or words related to the document content.
- application scenario 1 is an authority such as, for example, an immigration department of a government, which issues passports to citizens.
- the optical watermark is attached to a page of the passport, either as the background or as a seal of the immigration department.
- a photograph of the passport holder is embedded into one layer, and the name and birth date is on the other layers.
- a special symbol is embedded into a random pattern watermark layer.
- Key lenses are distributed to various parties who need to verify the validity of the passport. The random key can be retained by the immigration department for final verification.
- the passport is issued by the immigration department, and the holder may need to be checked by other parties such as passport controller of other countries.
- FIG. 8 is a service model.
- a service provider provides delivery and authentication services to customers.
- a customer for example, a shipping company, issues a bill of lading through the service provider to a shipper or consignee.
- An optical watermark having a shape of the carrier's logo, is placed on all non-negotiable bills of lading as background.
- Verification keys are distributed to banks and carrier agents for authentication purposes when the shipper and consignee use the bill of lading to claim the money and cargo.
- the key lenses can be replaced periodically, for example, every 6 months, by the service provider for security reasons.
- optical watermark described above can be readily applied to a document using more than one colour such as, for example, but not limited to, having different watermark layers into different colour channels in various colour spaces. Examples are CMYK and RGB.
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- This invention generally relates to a method and apparatus for producing optical watermarks on printed and electronic documents.
- Throughout this specification or reference to a document is to be taken as including a printed document and/or an electronic document and/or a copy (printed or electronic) of a printed document and/or a copy (printed or electronic) of an electronic document and will include such a document with text, image, graphics, video, photographs, and other multimedia appearing thereon or therein.
- The structure of a watermark, referred to as carrier dot pattern, is a repetitive pattern with the simplest and most basic as a two-dimensional (“2-D”) dot array. The complexity of the dot pattern structure determines the security level. Embedding a latent image object into a watermark is implemented by the modulation on the dot pattern with the latent image object. Observing the latent image using a decoder is a process of demodulation. The decoder is also a structured pattern, which corresponds to a particular dot pattern. It is implemented as an optical instrument, such as gratings, lenses, Ronchi Rulings, special films, or even a photocopier.
- U.S. Pat. No. 5,915,027 relates to digital watermarking of data, including image, video and audio data, which is performed by repeatedly inserting the watermark into subregions or subimages of the data. Similarly, the watermark is repeatedly extracted from the subregions of the data. This method is in a single layer and is not suitable to a text-based document or a document printed on paper.
- U.S. Pat. No. 4,921,278 has an identification system using a computer generated Moire, and is based on a computer generated random pattern of broken lines. The overlap of the object grid and the reference grid will induce the moire effect. This method is in a single layer, is rather simple, and does not provide enough protection, such as counterfeit indication.
- U.S. Pat. No. 5,734,752 is a method for generating watermarks in a digitally reproducible document which are substantially invisible when viewed. It uses stochastic screen patterns suitable for reproducing a gray image on a document, and another stochastic screen to correlate the first in order to view the content. This is quite similar to U.S. Pat. No. 4,921,278, except that it uses stochastic screen patterns to represent the gray images.
- Other patents similar these include: U.S. Pat. No. 5,708,717 which combines a source image with a latent image so that the scrambled latent image is visible only when viewed through a special decoder lens; U.S. Pat. No. 5,790,703 produces a first screen pattern suitable for reproducing a gray image on a document, and deriving at least one conjugate screen description that is related to the first pattern, so that overlapping them can reveal the content of the document; and U.S. Pat No. 6,000,728 uses different sizes of dot screens for anti-counterfeiting.
- As can be seen from these US patents, there is only one layer of hidden information. The structure is exposed to attackers. Carefully observation of the structure with a microscope or similar instrument will reveal all information required to forge the image or document.
- It is the principal object of the present invention is to address this problem and to provide a watermark which, in general, will not normally allow all necessary information to be revealed.
- The present invention provides a method and apparatus to protect documents from counterfeit and forgery. It embeds multiple latent image objects into layers of repetitive structures to generate a watermark. The watermark is then incorporated into a document as for example, a seal, logo or background. This may be referred to as an optical watermark.
- An optical watermark has one or several watermark layers. One or two latent image objects are embedded into each watermark layer. Each watermark layer has different structure, as well as a corresponding decoder to observe the latent image object embedded in it. The latent image object embedded in a watermark layer can not be observed by the unaided human eye unless a decoder corresponding to that watermark layer's structure is overlapped onto the watermark. On the other hand, a decoder for one watermark layer will not reveal latent image objects in other watermark layers due to the difference in their structure. As such, decoders can be considered as keys to the secrets, and the secrets are the latent image objects embedded in the watermark.
- Layers in the optical watermark protect each other. Without knowing all the secrets (including latent image objects and parameters of the dot patterns) of the optical watermark, it's almost impossible to forge the watermark or change the latent image objects in watermark layers without being noticed.
- The combination of layers of various security levels provides solutions for various applications needs. For example, an optical watermark may appear as the logo of a company on a document issued by that company. There can be, for example, three watermark layers. The first layer may be a cancellation word, such as “COPY”, and the verification device is the photocopier. The cancellation word “COPY” appears if the printed original document is photocopied. The latent image object in the second layer may be a logo of the company, and the verification device is a specially designed lens with gratings defined by periodical functions. The lens can be given to the related organisations to verify the originality of the document. The third layer may be embedded with a logo of a trusted third party. The verification device is also a lens, but the structure is random dot pattern, which is more secure than the other layers.
- Because the superposition of multiple layers is a non-inversable process, the complicity of the optical watermark increases and it is very difficult, if not impossible, to reverse engineer to derive the parameters and hidden information from the watermark. Because there are multiple layers, different verification methods, including counterfeit indication, can be combined to form a much more secure application. These verifications can be done off-line with very simple devices. Above all, the invented method and aparatus can achieve very high security without using special ink or special paper.
- In order that the invention may be clearly understood and readily put into practical effect, there shall be described by way of non-limitative example only preferred embodiments of the present invention, the description being with reference to the accompanying illustrative drawings in which:
- FIG. 1 shows a layered structure of an optical watermark;
- FIG. 2 is an illustration of embedding latent image objects into a basic watermark layer;
- FIG. 3 is a demodulation result of letters “I” and “C”;
- FIG. 4 shows the structure of the optical watermark;
- FIG. 5 shows a watermark with a random dot pattern;
- FIG. 6 shows a counterfeit-proof watermark layer with a letter “P” embedded;
- FIG. 7 is an electronic application; and
- FIG. 8 is an electronic service model.
- The optical watermark in this invention has a multiple layered structure as shown in FIG. 1. Watermark layers are superposed on each other to provide multiple layers and categories of protection. This superposition of several layers means that it is very difficult, if not impossible, to derive the parameters of the structure and the hidden information from the optical watermark alone.
- Each watermark layer is a repetitive structured array of dots. Latent image objects are embedded into the watermark layer by modulation. This may include, for example, phase modulation. The structure and orientation of the different watermark layers in an optical watermark must be different from each other. Only the decoder corresponding to a particular watermark layer can be used to view the latent image object embedded in that particular watermark layer.
- Basic watermark layer-2-D dot arrays
- The basic watermark layer is a 2-D dot array, varying in two orthogonal directions. To embed latent images, phase modulation can be applied to both directions. As shown in FIG. 2,
part 205 is the phase modulation in the horizontal direction to embed a letter “T”, whilepart 206 shows the phase modulation in the vertical direction to embed a letter “C”. - The phase modulation changes the distances between a pair of dots at the edge of the latent images in the direction of the phase modulation. According to the characteristics of the human visual system, such changes of distances will make the edge of the latent image become either lighter or darker than the overall grey level of the dot array. Such effect will reveal the shape of the latent images. In order to compensate for this effect, a “smoothing” process may be applied to the regions with an abrupt phase shift. For example, in FIG. 2, along regions indicated as201 and 202, the distance between a pair of dots was greater than the spatial repetitive period of the dot array. Therefore, a dot is added, together with distance adjustment, to make the edge a little darker.
Patterns Patterns - Mathematical Analysis of Phase Modulation for Embedding a Latent Image into a Basic Watermark Layer
- In the optical watermark, dot arrays are selected as the carrier dot patterns to embed latent image objects. Because dot arrays can be considered as 2-D signals, which vary in two orthogonal directions, two latent image objects can be modulated to one dot pattern in two directions with phase modulation. For the sake of simplicity, the dot arrays discussed here have the same spatial repetitive frequency in both directions. In an actual optical watermark, the frequencies in the two directions may be different.
- A Fourier series expansion is employed to analyse the modulation and demodulation. Let us denote basic dot pattern asƒε[0,1] ƒ0(x,y), where and the value 0 represents black, and 1 represents white. The superposition of line gratings can be represented with the product of functions. This multiplicative model enables analysis with a Fourier series expansion.
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- Two latent image objects to be modulated can be represented as g1(x,y) and g2 (x,y). Their valid values can only be either 0 or 1. So the watermarked dot array can be represented as
- w(x,y)=g 1(x,y)g 2(x,y)ƒ0(x,y)+[1−g 1(x,y)]ƒ1(x,y)+[1−g 2(x,y)]ƒ2(x,y) (4)
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- In eq. (A.5) the angle θ is the angle between the orientation of ƒd(x,y) and the direction of y-axis. The superposition of the watermarked dot array and the decoder can be represented as
- d(x,y)=w(x,y)ƒd(x,y) (6)
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- The superposition can be analysed based on above expansions. There will be many components in the expansion of eq. (A.6). In order to make the analysis as clear as possible, all high frequency components can be ignored. Only the components, which probably have lower frequencies will be referred to in this analysis. Such components in d(x,.y) are analysed as following equations.
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- The mathematical derivation shows that with phase modulation two latent image objects can be modulated to the basic dot pattern. Because of the relatively high frequency of the dot array and the compensation methods applied on the edge, the latent image objects will not be observed by unaided eyes. In order to view the latent image objects, the frequency of the decoder should be the same as the frequency of the basic carrier dot pattern along that direction, and the orientation of the decoder should be aligned to the same direction in which the latent image object is modulated.
- Here there are used two characteristics of the human visual system. First, the human visual system has the highest contrast sensitivity in the mid spatial frequency range, around 2-6 c/deg. The sensitivity has a sharp drop at high spatial frequencies. Second, the human eye is sensitive to relative phase, which is the shift or displacement between spatial signals at same frequency. For frequencies higher than 3 c/deg, the threshold phase is represented by the displacement of about 0.85′ arc. For frequencies less than 3 c/deg, the threshold of relative phase is about 5°. A human observer will not be able to observe the relative phase, which is less than this threshold. So for high frequency signals, the displacement will not be easily observed by unaided eyes.
- The latent image object in each watermark layer is encoded with relatively high repetitive frequency dot patterns with phase modulation. The displacement is not significant to the human visual system because the relative phase difference is lower than, or similar to, the threshold at that relative high frequency, which is selected for the optical watermark. So the latent image objects will not be observed without proper decoders.
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- There are two parameters for each latent image object in this type of watermark layer: one is the modulation frequency and the other is the modulation orientation. The parameters for the latent image gu are ƒu and {right arrow over (u)}. While the parameters for the latent image gv are ƒv and {right arrow over (v)}. Only a decoder with the corresponding frequency can make a particular latent image visible when it's rotated to the corresponding direction. So the keys to the secrets in this type of watermark layer are the modulation frequency and the modulation orientation.
- Multiple Layers Structure
- Reference is now made to FIG. 4 where FIG. 401 shows the coordinates of one watermark layer, with reference to a x-y co-ordinate. FIG. 402, 403 and404 are three watermark layers, and FIG. 405 is their superposition result.
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- According to the above analysis, there would be some low frequency components in this superposition of multiple repetitive structures. Such low frequency components could probably bring unwanted visual effects, or even reveal the latent images without decoders. This problem can be avoided if the following requirements can be met for any two layers, Li and Lj, in the optical watermark:
- 1. If ƒu,i=ƒu,j or ƒv,i=ƒv,j, the orientation difference Δθij should be large enough, for example Δθij≧60°, or in some cases Δθij≧45°.
- 2. If ƒu,i=ƒv,j, Δθij should be less than 60°, for example Δθij≦60°. (where Δθij=arccos(|cos(θi−θj)|), and 0°≦Δθij≦90°)
- The above two requirements mean that no component will have a frequency much lower than the frequency of any carrier dot arrays in the superposition. FIG. 4(05) shows an sample of the optical watermark, which is the superposition of FIG. 4(02), FIG. 4(03) and FIG. 4(04).
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- From the analysis in Appendix A, the following results can be obtained:
- 1. When ƒd equals ƒu,i and |θd−θi| is very small, the latent image gu,i(x,y) will be visible in the superposition.
- 2. When ƒd equals ƒv,i and |θd−θi| is almost 90°, the latent image gv,i(x,y) will be visible in the superposition.
- The frequency and the orientation of the decoder are the keys to decode the latent image objects. Only when the frequency of the decoder matches the modulation frequency and orientation of a particular latent image object, will the latent image object appear in the superposition.
- Hence, in the mutilple-layer stucture, all latent image objects can be decoded seperately from the watermark layers. Every watermark layer carries its own latent image objects, and from the knowledge of one particular watermark layer it is very difficult, and almost impossible, to derive the latent images or the parameters of the other watermark layers.
- The other advantage of this multiple-layer structure is that all the watermark layers protect each other. Without knowing the details (parameters and latent image objects) of all the watermark layers, it's very difficult, and almost impossible, to change the information in one of the watermark layers. If one of the watermark layers is changed, all other watermark layers will also be affected by this change. Therefore, this change, even it may be authorized by one party, will invalidate the authenticity of the document, in a scenario of a multiple party application, where each party is holding a “key” to a latent image object.
- Coordinate mapping to generate complex watermark layer
- In a basic watermark layer, the key space to the hidden information is the frequency of the decoder, which is relatively small. Generally, basic 2-D dot arrays can be generalized to any 2-D pattern, by coordinate mapping and superposition.
- In the case of coordinate mapping, linear or non-linear coordinate mapping functions are applied to the basic watermark layer. These mapping functions can be represented as
- x=m x(u,v) (21)
- y=m y(u,v) (22)
- Functions mx(u,v) and my(u,v) map the coordinate space from (u,v) to (x,y). In (u,v) coordinate space, the modulation and demodulation of the watermark layer are the same as the basic watermark layer. But the demodulation with a decoder is done in the (x,y) coordinate space. Hence, the decoder in the (x,y) coordinate space should be mapped from the corresponding decoder in the (u, v) coordinate space. So in coordinate mapping the watermark layer, the parameters of a latent image object are the modulation frequency of the latent image object in the (u,v) coordinate space, the modulation orientation of the latent image object in the (u,v) coordinate space, and the mapping functions mx(u,v) and my(u,v).
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- Random pattern watermark Layer
- To refer to FIG. 5, FIG. 501, 502 and503 are simple watermark layers with/without phase modulation. It is relatively simple to derive parameters from them. FIG. 504,505 and 506 are watermark layers with random dot patterns. It is very complex, and virtually impossible, to recover latent image object information without decoders.
- The key space of the decoder used to view the embedded latent image object is an indication of the security a watermark method or apparatus may have. The key space is very small for the prior art patents listed earlier. It is possible to find the key space with careful analysis or brute force attack from an expert in the area. As a few examples, FIG. 501, 502 and503 show regular patterns with andwithout phase modulation. From the view point of cryptography, the problem of these watermark layers is that the space of the keys is too small. It is obvious that one can easily derive the key parametter by observing the watermark.
- By linear and non-linear mapping of the basic watermark layer, the key space can be expanded by two factors. To further expand the key space to increase the security of the hidden information, the watermark layer can be further generalised as a random pattern in a 2-D space.
- According to information theory, the amount of information of the latent image object can reach its maximum when it is randomly distributed. In a random pattern watermark layer, the randomly distributed information is divided into two parts: the watermark layer is generated based on one part, while the decoder is generated based on the other part. Hence, both of the watermark layer and the decoder hold the information about the latent image object. The latent image is recoverable only when both the watermark layer and the decoder are presented.
- Two functions gw(x,y) and gd(x,y) can be generated based on the latent image object g(x,y) and a random function r(x,y), which will return either 0 or 1 at random. The function gw(x,y) is then encoded into the girds of the watermark layer with phase modulation, while the function gd(X, y) is also encoded into the line gratings of the decoder with phase modulation. Note that the value of gw(x,y), gd(x, y) and g(x, y) can only be either 1 or 0.
- g w(x,y)=g(x,y)r(x,y)+[1−g(x,y)][1−r(x,y)] (29)
- g d(x,y)=r(x,y) (30)
- No information about the latent image object can be found from investigating the function either gd(x,y) or gw(x,y). There is a relationship between the function gd(x,y) and gw(x,y). If the value of g(x,y) is 1, the function gd(x,y) equals to gw(x,y). While if the value of g(x,y) is 0, the function gw(x,y) equals to 1−gd(x,y).
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- From above equations, it can be seen that when the value of g(x,y) is 0, there is a relatve phase difference between the watermark layer and the decoder, and that when the value of g(x,y) is 1, there is no relatve phase difference between the watermark layer and the decoder. This implies that the latent image will appear because of the demodulation of the relative phase difference when the watermark layer and decoder are correctly overlapped.
- FIGS. 504, 505 and506 are examples of the random pattern watermark layers corresponding to FIG. 501, FIG. 502 and FIG. 503.
- Since the amount of information in a random pattern watermark layer is 2 to the power of the dimension of the latent image object, the security level will be very high. Since both the watermark layer and the decoder carry part of the latent image object, from either the watermark layer or the decoder alone it is virtually impossible to derive the other. On other hand, a random pattern watermark layer needs accurate alignment to reveal the latent image object.
- Counterfeit-proof Layer
- The dot pattern of a watermark layer can be the result of a set of operations on one, or a set of basic, and other types of dot patterns. Here, the counterfeit-proof layer is an example. The counterfeit-proof layer is a special watermark layer where a photocopier is the decoder to the latent image object. The dot pattern in the counterfeit-proof watermark layer is based on the superposition of the basic dot arrays. The latent image object in this layer, which can be some cancelation words such as “COPY”, can be represented as a function gc(x,y). The value of this function can only be 0 or 1. Then this layer can be represented as a function wc(x,y).
- The functions ƒa(x,y) and ƒb(x,y) represent two sets of basic dot arrays. The repetitive period Ta of ƒa(x,y) is slightly larger then the period Tb of ƒb(x,y). And the A in eq. (33) represents a small displacement.
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- inches, because the optical resolution of most photocopiers is less than 600 lpi. Such dots will disappear after photocopying because they are too small to be recognized by the photocopier. As such, the regions where the value of gc(x,y) is 1, will fade after photocopying because all dots in these regions are isolated and cannot be sampled by the photocopier. On other hand, the regions where the value of gc(x,y) is 0, will still remain because adjacent dot pairs are viewed as having a relatively large size, and can be sampled by the photocopier. Hence the latent image object will be able to appear after photocopying.
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- Superposition of the counterfeit-proof layer with other watermark layers proctects the counterfeit-proof layer. Because of the simple structure of the counterfeit-proof layer, it is relatively easy to analyse the layer and reproduce it.
- Superposition of counterfeit-proof layer with other watermark layers is also operated according to eq. (18). The only necessary post-processing is for the region outside the latent image object. FIG. 6 of relevance here with FIGS. 602 and 603 representing typical dot patterns in object regions and non-object regions. FIG. 604 illustrates the post-processing for superposition of a counterfeitproof layer with other watermark layers. FIG. 605 is the superposition result and FIG. 606 is the photocopying result of FIG. 605.As shown in FIG. 604, when a
dot 613 of the watermark layer is superposed onto the counterfeit-proof layer, all other dots with a area indicated by the dash line box should be removed. The principle is that the superposition should not change the grey level of the regions where the value of gc(x,y) is 1. As the result of superposition, both the inside and the outside of the latent image object have the same grey level. Because the structure in the counterfeit-proof layer has a frequency exceeding the resolution of the human visual system, it looks like a patch of countious grey tone to unaided eyes. FIG. 605 is a enlarged view of the superposition, FIG. 606 shows the result after photocopying. The latent image object “P” appears clearly. - Optical watermark in document delivery, ardival and authentication. The optical watermark can be applied to an electronic document. The optical watermark added to the document can be viewed as a seal to provide authenticity to the document. The visual apperance of the optical watermark can be disigned as a logo or seal of the authority to provide immediate trust. The embedded information can be the name, signature and logo of the authority, or some number or words related to the document content.
- As show in the FIG. 7, application scenario1 is an authority such as, for example, an immigration department of a government, which issues passports to citizens. Here, the optical watermark is attached to a page of the passport, either as the background or as a seal of the immigration department. A photograph of the passport holder is embedded into one layer, and the name and birth date is on the other layers. Finally, a special symbol is embedded into a random pattern watermark layer. Key lenses are distributed to various parties who need to verify the validity of the passport. The random key can be retained by the immigration department for final verification. Here, the passport is issued by the immigration department, and the holder may need to be checked by other parties such as passport controller of other countries.
- Another type of application is illustrated in FIG. 8, which is a service model. A service provider provides delivery and authentication services to customers. A customer, for example, a shipping company, issues a bill of lading through the service provider to a shipper or consignee. An optical watermark, having a shape of the carrier's logo, is placed on all non-negotiable bills of lading as background. Verification keys are distributed to banks and carrier agents for authentication purposes when the shipper and consignee use the bill of lading to claim the money and cargo. The key lenses can be replaced periodically, for example, every 6 months, by the service provider for security reasons.
- The optical watermark described above can be readily applied to a document using more than one colour such as, for example, but not limited to, having different watermark layers into different colour channels in various colour spaces. Examples are CMYK and RGB.
- Whilst there has been described in the foregoing description a preferred embodiment of the present invention, it will be understood by those skilled in the technology that may variations or modifications may be made without departing from the present invention.
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